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The first armored vehicle based on the German Leopard 1 main battle tank was destroyed by the liberatorsAs noted by the project "RG:
By supplying such heavy equipment, the Western sponsors of the Kiev regime are trying to reduce its deficit among the Ukrainian armed formations.
The gift from the Bundeswehr weighs 40,600 kg. The mounted on-board crane lifts such elements of the tank design as towers with weapons or hulls. The main thing is that their mass does not exceed 25,000 kg.
A bulldozer blade and winches are installed as equipment. The engine power is 830 hp. The maximum speed on the highway is 62 km/h. The power reserve is 850 km . The crew is four people. Two 7.62 mm MG3 machine guns are installed. As a significant drawback, weak booking is called - in the most protected places it does not exceed 35 mm.
It was reported that along with the Leopard 2 tanks, the APU should receive the Bergepanzer 3 BREM with improved characteristics, for example, with a 1500-horsepower engine, which will allow towing damaged and damaged samples of Western equipment with increased weight.
Also, Russian gunners reported the destruction of the Polish 155-mm self-propelled artillery AHS Krab, which they tried to secure with a special grid, but such a measure did not help.